A Spoon Full of Sugar - White + One!

It's time for another challenge at A Spoon Full Of Sugar and this week we are giving you a color challenge! We want to see you start with White and add just one more color to the card. We are sponsored by The Stamping Boutique and I chose one of their sweet images for my card.

Challenges:
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Papercutz - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Moving Along With The Times - Anything Goes
Digi Doodles Shop - Anything Goes
AI Factory - Anything Goes
Chamber Maids - Anything Goes
My Mum's Craft Shop - Flowers
ABC Design - Flowers
Stamp With Sarah Kay - Pearls
Paper Crafting Journey - Bling
CCEE Stampers - Butterfly
Charisma Cardz - April Showers Bring May Flowers
Dare To Be Sassy - Monochromatic
If The Shoe Fits - Thing With Wings
Stamp Something - Things With Wings
Wags N Whiskers - Use a die or punch
Totally Paper Crafts - Glitter
Digi Design House - Bling
Totally Gorjuss - 1, 2, 3 Your choice (I chose 1 image, 2 papers and 3 embellishments (flowers, pearls and rhinestones))
Craft Your Days Away - Music and Dance
Crafty Emma's - Photo Inspiration (I chose the red and white)
Alota Rubber Stamps - Red and White
My Time To Craft - Red and White
The Crafty Pad - Pearls and Swirls
Stamping Vacation Pick 3 - Chose 3 (I chose Red Ribbon, Fairy, Floral Paper, Square)

Card Recipe:
Image - Twirling Fairy
Paper - Stampin' Up
Medium - Copic Markers
Die Cut - Labels 3 by Spellbinders
Doily Die Cut - English Tea Party by Cheery Lynn Designs
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Ribbon - Hobby Lobby
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Pearls - Recollections
Rhinestones - Michaels $1 spot
Glitter - Glamour Dust

This is such a cute dancing fairy that I added glitter to her wings and dress to make her even more enchanting!
We hope you will join us on our "White plus One" challenge at A Spoon Full Of Sugar this week.
Katie

Pile It On - Pearls and Rhinestones and Sparkle, Oh My!

We have a great challenge for you this week at Pile It On!
We want to see bling in all shapes and sizes, from rhinestones and pearls to sparkly paint and glitter and everything in between!

Challenges:
Digi Doodles Shop - Anything Goes
My Grafico - Anything Goes
Papercutz - Anything Goes
Sugar Creek Hollow - Anything Goes
Amber's Crafts - Anything Goes (1 entry only)
Thrilling Thursday - Show Us What You've Got (anything goes)
Creative Craft Challenges - Lace (including Doilies)
Tuesday Throwdown - Lace
Creative Craft Friends - Lace
Teddy Bo and Co - Sketch
Your Next Stamp - Make It Sparkle
One Stop Crafts - Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend
Bunny Zoe - Birthday and Pearls
Simon Says Stamp - Happy Birthday
Fairy Knoll - Birthday
Top Tip Tuesday - Happy Birthday
Kaboodle Doodles - Happy Birthday
Craft Your Days Away - For Mum or a Special Lady
The Stampman - Mothers Day or Floral
Charisma Cardz - Use a Die Cut
Annabelle Stamps - Say It With a Tag
Papertake Weekly - Trio (3 flowers in a row, 3 colors, 3 word sentiment)
Teddy Stampers - Embossing
Paper Play - Embossing
Crafty Sentiments - Animals
Card Makin Mama's - Animals
2 Sisters - Furry Friends
Do You Stack Up? - Add a Bow
Stamp Something - Something Sweet
AI Factory - Things With Wings
Digital Tuesday - It's a Magical Thing
Flutterfly - Green and Fairy, Angel or Butterfly
CCEE Stampers - Cute and Wearing Green
Southern Girls - Use Flowers (1 entry only)
Copic Creations - Use Blue
Creatalicious - Two Tone

Card Recipe:
Image - Teddy Bea Wishes by Teddy Bo and Co
Paper - K and Co Julianne
Medium - Copic Markers
Lace and Bow - Offray
Roses - Wild Orchid Crafts
Pearls - Recollections
Rhinestones - Treasures by Shabby Chic
Sentiment - Studio G
Die Cut - Spellbinders
Doily - Wilton
Embossing Folder - Sizzix

You know I love these images and this one is one of my favorites.
I added Liquid Embossing to her boots and Creative Inspirations Paint to her wings and star for even more sparkle.
I hope you can come along and play with us this week at Pile It On!

Digital Delights - Love You Larry

It's time for some more fabulous cards from the Digital Delights Team.
We are all mostly still on a Valentines theme so pop over to check out all the wonderful ideas!

Challenges:
Paper Cutz - Anything Goes
One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes
Woodware USA - Anything Goes
Penny's - Anything Goes
Do You Stack Up - Patterns
Simply Create - Use Your Punches
Some Odd Girl - Scallops
Aud's Sentiments - Love Theme
Charisma - Valentines/Love
Bunny Zoes - Love Is In The Air
Craft Your Days Away - Love
Stamp With Sarah Kay - Love
Lexi's Creations - Valentines
Meljen's - Use Hearts
Stamp Something - Something Cute
Res Q - Dry Embossing
My Time To Craft - Embossing
Happileigh Scrapping - Photo Inspiration (shabby chic, pink and distressed)
The Stampman - Distressing
Tuesday Throwdown - Distressing
Crafty Purple Frog - Distressing
Stampin Sisters in Christ - Vintage
Fab N Funky - Use a Digi

Card Recipe:
Image - Love You Larry
Sentiment - Ticket Sentiment Set
Paper - The Lace and Linen Stack by DCWV
Medium - Copic Markers
Embossing Folder - Dots by Sizzix
Border Punch - Martha Stewart
Butterfly Punch - Martha Stewart
Leaf Spray - Sizzlits
Roses - Wild Orchid Crafts
Die Cut - Spellbinders

Even though Larry is a cute image I wanted to try and make him more vintage/shabby chic in style and I hope I pulled it off.

Pixie Cottage #53 - Who Do You Love?

It's Wednesday so it means another challenge at The Pixie Cottage!
As always we have 2 parts to the challenge and you can choose either or both to play along with.
We have a fabulous sketch and our theme this week is "Who Do You Love?" which is perfect for your upcoming Valentines Day cards!

Challenges:
Craft Your Days Away - Anything Goes
AI Factory - Anything Goes
Stamp Something - Anything Goes
Meljen's - Square or Round Card
Paperplay - Cutie Patootie
Totally Gorjuss - Cuddly
Oldie But A Goodie - Bright and Cheerful
2 Sisters - Flowers
Fairytale Challenge - Flowers
Creative Inspirations Paint - Bling
Phindy's Place - Valentines/For a Loved One
Tuesday Throwdown - Valentine
Wags N Whiskers - With Love
Secret Crafter - With Love
Paper Playtime - Use the Word Love on Your Project
Winter Wonderland - Paws For Thought
Speedy The Cats Friends - Use A Heart
I Did It Creations - Brr I'm Turning Blue (use some blue in your project)
ECP - Use Old Stash
Incy Wincy - Bears, Bears, Bears
Tuesday Morning Sketches - Heavy Metal (used brads)

Card Recipe:
Image - I love you Beary Much by ARTish
Paper - Lovesong by My Minds Eye
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - Cloud Nine
Roses - Prima
Gem Brads - Recollections

This is this week's super sketch!

I colored the bear and then cut him out before popping him on top of this cute heart shaped doily.
I wonder who he is giving his heart to?
If you have a special someone that still needs a card making for them use our challenge as the excuse to get it made, you may our winner!
Drop by The Pixie Cottage and play along with us.
See you there!
Katie

Cooking It Up #45 - Use some Cute Green Brads!

It's a new challenge at my Cooking It Up With Katie blog and it's one of my very favorite sponsors, Meljen's Designs!
I simply adore the cute and whimsical designs and myself and the team got to play along with some and we had so much fun!

The ingredients needed for your card this week are:

Make it Cute
Use some Green
Add a few Brads

Challenges:
Craft Your Days Away - Anything Goes
AI Factory - Anything Goes
Stamp Something - Anything Goes
Pear Tree Designs - Free For All
Meljen's - Square or Round Card
Paper Crafting Journey - Go Digital
Paperplay - Cutie Patootie
Totally Gorjuss - Cuddly
Stamp N Doodle - Winter in The Woods
Sentimental Sundays - Winter
Stempel Magie - Winter
Creative Stamp Friends - Winter
Going Grey with Scrap Creations - Winter Blast
Everybody Art - Snow
Phindy's Place - Valentines/For a Loved One
Tuesday Throwdown - Valentine
Southern Girls - All Loved Up
Wags N Whiskers - With Love
Secret Crafter - With Love
Beary Scrap - Friendship or Love
Paper Playtime - Use the Word Love on Your Project
Creatalicious - Ribbon and Love
Wee Memories - Ribbon
Tellen's Place - Ribbon
Creative Inspirations Paint - Bling
Simply Create - Use Your Punches
My Time To Craft - Spots and Dots
Tuesday Morning Sketches - Heavy Metal (used brads)
Crafty Creations - Birds, Polka Dots and Green
Stampin Royalty - Anything With Wings

Card Recipe:
Image - Cozy Winter Owl
Paper - The Guy Stack by DCWV
Medium - Copic Markers
Jeweled Brads - Recollections by Michaels
Ribbon - Stash
Border Punch - French Scroll by Martha Stewart
Sentiment - Printed in LD Cute Curlz font
Glitter - Glamour Dust in Crystal

I printed two of the cute owl image and cut out the owl and snow part and popped it up on top of the bottom layer. I added Glamour Dust glitter to the snow and his hat and I just love how cute he is. It is a little different from a usual Valentine color scheme but perfect for a man I think.
I hope you will grab your crafting ingredients and come along and join us at Cooking It Up With Katie this week!

Cooking It Up #44 - I Love some Embossed Pink with Digital Delights NEW RELEASES!

This is a very special week at Cooking It Up With Katie as we are coordinating with our super sponsor Digital Delights on their latest release and the team all got to work with some FABULOUS new Valentines themed images!

The ingredients for your card this week are:
Make it for someone you Love
Use any form of Embossing
Add a little Pink

Challenges:
Stamp Something - Something Digi
Craft Your Days Away - Anything Goes
Wags N Whiskers - Valentines
One Stitch At A Time - Love/Valentine
Lexi's - Say It With Love
Bunny Zoes - Love
365 Cards Day 314 - Romance
Going Grey with Scrap Creations - Love Is In The Air
Woodware USA - Hearts
Getting Creative with Ann - Hearts
Sweet Stop Sketches Sketch
2 Sisters - Getting Girly
Catch The Bug - Embossing
Speedy The Cats Friends - Embossing
Secret Crafter - Tons of Texture
Creative Inspirations Paint - Texture
Fuzzy Wuzzy - Anything Goes (with an Animal image)
Crazy Challenge - Animals
Crafty Emma's - All Creatures Great and Small
Incy Wincy - Go Dotty
Basic Grey Challenges - Spots and Dots
Shannon's Sentiments - Ribbon
Stamping Vacation Sticky Situation - Border Sticker

Card Recipe:
Image - Polly Pippin In Love
Paper - Basic Grey Olivia and Fairytale Princess by The Paper Studio
Medium - Copic Markers
Embossing Folder - Sizzix
Die Cut - Spellbinders
Stickers - Doodlebug
Sentiment - Heidi Grace
Ribbon - Hobby Lobby

I printed out Polly twice and colored both versions. I cut them out, one whole and one just Polly and popped the Polly on top of the other for dimension.
I'm not sure if you have started your Valentines cards yet but if you haven't then maybe joining in with my Cooking It Up With Katie challenge!
Katie

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #52 - Sketch and/or Coloring

It's time for another challenge over at The Pixie Cottage
As always we have a new sketch for you if you like to use sketches and we have the technique challenge of "Using Your Favorite Coloring Method".
You can choose the sketch, the technique or both!
As the majority of cards have some form of coloring on them I'm sure you'll have no excuse not to play along this week!

Challenges:
Craft Your Days Away - Anything Goes
Let's Ink It Up - Anything Goes (must be rubber stamp)
Stampin Sisters in Christ - Wings
Alys - Wings
Sentimental Sundays - Wings
Auds Sentiments - Two Word Sentiment
Crafty Pad - Happy Birthday
Gingerloft - Celebrations
Charisma - Birthdays or Celebrations
Craft Your Passion - Tie One On (use ribbon)
Shannon's Sentiments - Ribbon
Getting Creative with Ann - Hearts
Woodware USA - Hearts

Card Recipe:
Image - SouthEnd Girls 2 by Andrea T. Seiler
Paper - Fairytale Princess by The Paper Studio
Medium - Copic Markers
Glitter - Stickles in Lavender
Rhinestones - Michaels $1 Spot
Letter Beads - Walmart
Sentiment - Bo Bunny
Bow - Offray
Heart Punch - EK Success
Die Cut - Spellbinders

This is the great sketch we have this week for you to use if you like.

After coloring the image I cut her out and added Stickles to her wings.
Then I matted her on a Spellbinders die cut and then on a different patterned paper.
It's my daughter's 12th birthday on Friday and this may well go to her, I'll just have to see if I can keep it a secret until then! LOL
Katie

Pixie Cottage #51 - Punch It Up!

It's a New Year and time to get back to challenges!
We are starting out with a very easy one over at The Pixie Cottage as we want you to Punch it Up!! Most card makers use punches so you don't have any excuse not to play along with us! For that love sketches as a starting point to their card we have one of those too if you'd like to use it!

Challenges:
Auds Sentiments - Anything Goes
Fairy Knoll - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Victorine Stamps - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Ladybug Crafts Ink - Anything Goes
Frosted Designs - Use a Sentiment
Robyns Fetish - Favorite Technique
Craft Your Days Away - Punch It Out
Tuesday Throwdown - Embossing
Simple Doodles - Embossing

Card Recipe:
Image - Hannah with Sled
Paper - Fine and Dandy True Blue by My Minds Eye
Medium - Copic Markers
Die Cut - Spellbinders
Punch - French Scroll by Martha Stewart
Embossing Folder - Basic Grey for Sizzix
Sentiment - Heidi Grace
Flowers - Wild Orchid

This is the super sketch we had to work with:

I stamped Hannah with her sled and colored her and then cut her out to fit along with the sketch. I picked colors from the papers and I love how the soft mustard yellow and light aqua work together.
I embossed the back panel with one of the wonderful Basic Grey embossing folders and sanded it lightly to show the color through.
Now as a reminder this is a super easy challenge to join in with so please go and grab your punches and play along with us!